July 27, 2015 rockets are the champions my friends
Good morning baseball fans, it’s a beautiful day in Portland. The Portland rockets hosted
the 7th world baseball congress regional tournament this weekend.
And the the winner, your Portland
rockets as Samantha Thomas would say, are the champions my friend.
Rockets defeated Saginaw Michigan Sunday , Portland
5 the Michigan
areabraves 4 in a dramatic come from behind fashion. Trailing 4-1 in the 6th the boys
of summer staged a 2 out rally , a big 2 run double by chris miller to make it
4-3 , then scored 2 more in the last inning to walk off a 5-4 victory. Strangest ending ever, with the bases loaded,
alex delk got hit by the pitch to tie the game, collin Affolder gets plunked to
drive in the games winning run.
Rockets scored without the benefit of a basehit. My sister mickey was giving the business as
their relief pitchers were warming up,
she said she was a factor in their wildness.
Key in this game and certainly fun to watch, 3 baserunners
were gunned down at the plate by rockets outfielders, 2 by Dalton tinsley, 1 by
collin Affolder
Alex delk pitched 1 inn to get the win, effective in 3 inn;
jimmy west , starter Austin
brancock went 3.
Teams from Dayton oh, Saginaw mich, ft. wayne and Portland
made for quite a competitive field on the weekend. In fact after all first
round games were played, all teams were one win and one loss, so whoever won sat nite would be championship
bound Sunday.
Portland rockets big win 2-0
over the ft. wayne
jackers fri nite. Dan bollenbacher was the
dan the man, a complete game 5 hit shutout, chris miller hit a home run to
center field, straightaway, wow. Cant remember last time we saw that.
Game 2 michigan braves beat
Portland 3-1
just couldn’t muster enough offense, but avenged that in the championship-mitch
waters threw a complete game but we left em on base.
Sat. nite rockets needed to win and did, 7-1 tyler Reynolds
a complete game winner scattering 4 hits, Dalton tinsley capped off the 3 run 6th
with a blast into the hedges in right field, I literally heard the crack of the
bat, a gasp from our sizeable crowd and then silence awaiting fair or foul.
so awesome, love ya in Portland Dalton, in fact Dalton tinsley and dan
bollenbacher were named co-MVP this weekend,
tinsley went 6-11 on the weeknd with 5 rbi, Brandon reaman 4 hits, tj
lindstrand 3 chris miller 3 rbi homer
and a double
Rockets win the tournament 2015 and nice pictures of our men
with trophy, banner and medallions. Not so nice Reynolds and waters pouring the
ice bucket over an unsuspecting coach miller.
How sweet it is.
as our dear friend david lyons
shared, there are those make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those
who wonder what happended. I am a
wonderer
Rockets record 19-6
play in the national regional this weekend in Kankakee ill
Never done that before,
Thanks to all for your support in Portland,
we are Portland
proud
Many great reviews from our guests throughout the midwest
Last time the rockets won this wbc tournament, they went to
the world series in 2012, look out for the rocket train
Rockets are the champs my friends /
Love ya in Portland
Randy miller pg 14
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